Author Topic: Restoring a bike... (Read 172 times)

BlueJ1 · « **on:** March 30, 2005, 06:40:16 PM »

I recently dug an old bycyle out of my garage, it belongs to my grandfather. Its pretty much the same as the one below, except it does not have the chrome on the front fender, and it has a light attached to the handlebars, and a small redlight on the rear fender. Im going to do some touch up painting on it and have to replace the tubes. The seat is also red leather. I did some looking onling with the name, schwinn and found it can be worth a few dollars. Finding new parts is gona be fun tho. Gona try to dig up a few more pictures.

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2005, 09:34:25 PM »

Take it to your local Schwinn dealer, they have catalog parts available for restoring antique bikes. I did my dad's 1957 Schwinn and my uncle's '49 Schwinn. They sell replacement rims, handlebars, even decals for after you paint it. Word of caution though. If its a "coaster brake" bike, even if the rear axle is shot save the rim and the brake bar. Many of the older ones have a serial number that relates to the year of manufacture. If yours does, this helps prove the year, thus helping establish value.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2005, 09:36:20 PM »

It is a coaster brake. Where would I go about trying to find the serial number ?

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2005, 12:50:17 AM »

Two places to look. On the backside of the brake bar, and along one side of rim. Not all bikes have them, even from the same era. I think it had something to do with who made the parts for them.